Diamond Jenness (February 10, 1886 - November 29, 1969) was a Canadian anthropologist. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... See Anthropology. ...

Born in Wellington New Zealand, he was educated at Wellington College, Victoria University College, New Zealand, and Balliol College, Oxford. He led an Oxford University Anthroplogical Expedition to New Guinea in 1911-1912 before being hired as Ethnologist for the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 - 1916. He sailed aboard the Karluk with Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys third-largest urban area. ... Motto: Lumen accipe et imperti Wellington College (in full, The Wellington College and Grammar School, sometimes just Coll) is a state school for boys located next to Government House and the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand. ... Victoria University of Wellington is the oldest university in Wellington, New Zealand. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Triona Giblin Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Ethnologyis a genre of cultural anthropology and| anthropological study, involving the systematic comparison of the beliefs and practices of different societies. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Karluk was a ship used for an expedition to the Arctic in 1913 led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. ... Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962) was an Icelandic Arctic explorer and ethnologist. ...

After this expedition he enlisted in the Canadian Artillery to fight in World War I. He thereupon settled in Ottawa and became a Canadian citizen. He served as chief of the anthropological division of the National Museum of Canada. He was granted numerous honors during his lifetime and others posthumously. In 1968 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. WWI redirects here. ... Ottawa - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning desiring a better country. ...

The middle peninsula on the west coast of Victoria Island was named for him by the Canadian Government. This landmark led to his name being attached to a rock examined by Mars exploration rover Opportunity. Victoria Island, NWT and Nunavut. ... MER-B (Opportunity) is the second of the two rovers of NASAs Mars Exploration Rover Mission. ...

He produced a large body of publishings among which are The Indians of Canada, Dawn in Arctic Alaska, and The People of the Twilight.

External links

• http://www.civilization.ca/hist/cae/indexe.html
• http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume6/280-281.htm
• http://www.isfa.org/arctic/jenness.htm
• http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040803a.html